twostepcub's music chart for September 23, 2011...

Hey folks, it's my last night of freedom, and time for my top-100 tunes from the week. This week the Band Perry spend a second week on top, while Adele (pictured above) leaps back into the top-10 in her second run on my list. The biggest moves come from songs by Bush, Lady GaGa, and Miranda Lambert (jumps of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits by the Zac Brown Band, Jason Aldean, and the Black Eyed Peas drop out. Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the highlighted artist names to go to their website to get more information about them. Mom, I don't wanna go to school!

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. If I Die Young - The Band Perry (1)
2. Walk - Foo Fighters (2)
3. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry (3)
4. Someone Like You - Adele (11)
5. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People (7)
6. Save The World - Swedish House Mafia (4)
7. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera (9)
8. Tonight Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae (8)
9. Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) - Kylie Minogue (5)
10. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO (6)
11. Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers (15)
12. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj (13)
13. Nothing - The Script (21)
14. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Coldplay (14)
15. Best Thing I Never Had - Beyonce (10)
16. The Edge Of Glory - Lady GaGa (12)
17. Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum (17)
18. Good Life - OneRepublic (16)
19. So In Love - Jill Scott f/Anthony Hamilton (20)
20. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (22)
21. Rolling In The Deep - Adele (19)
22. Long Hot Summer - Keith Urban (27)
23. You & Tequila - Kenny Chesney f/Grace Potter (25)
24. Give Me Everything - Pitbull f/Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer (24)
25. Barefoot Blue Jean Night - Jake Owen (26)
26. Save Me, San Francisco - Train (18)
27. California King Bed - Rihanna (29)
28. Faster - Matt Nathanson (32)
29. Behind The Wheel 2011 - Depeche Mode (39)
30. Talking To The Universe - Yoko Ono (35)
31. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw (37)
32. Love Done Gone - Billy Currington (34)
33. Pieces Of Me - Ledisi (33)
34. Little Bad Girl - David Guetta f/Taio Cruz & Ludacris (44)
35. Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat (43)
36. Up All Night - Blink-182 (42)
37. Am I The Only One - Dierks Bentley (23)
38. All That You Are - Goo Goo Dolls (38)
39. Freak Of Nature (Mas) - Ricky Martin (30)
40. Lowlife - Theory Of A Deadman (41)
41. Mr. Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan (31)
42. Dirty Dancer - Enrique Iglesias f/Usher & Lil' Wayne (28)
43. Take A Back Road - Rodney Atkins (51)
44. God Gave Me You - Blake Shelton (52)
45. Arms - Christina Perri (45)
46. Remind Me - Brad Paisley f/Carrie Underwood (40)
47. Undivided - Blush f/Snoop Dogg (49)
48. Crazy Girl - Eli Young Band (48)
49. Here For A Good Time - George Strait (50)
50. The Sound Of Winter - Bush (75)
51. Till Death - Wynter Gordon (46)
52. Man Down - Rihanna (54)
53. Hey Mama - Mat Kearney (58)
54. Danza Kuduro - Don Omar f/Lucenzo (56)
55. I Wanna Go - Britney Spears (57)
56. I Got You - Thompson Square (60)
57. Love Don't Run - Steve Holy (67)
58. Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift (62)
59. Cinema - Benny Benassi f/Gary Go (59)
60. She Make Me Wanna - JLS f/Dev (61)
61. Baggage Claim - Miranda Lambert (73)
62. Just Fishin' - Trace Adkins (63)
63. If It's Love - Kem f/Chrisette Michele (65)
64. Lost In You - Three Days Grace (64)
65. Right There - Nicole Scherzinger f/50 Cent (66)
66. Sail - AWOLnation (68)
67. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo (47)
68. Holdin' On - Dave Aude (72)
69. Let It Rain - David Nail (71)
70. Loud Music - Michelle Branch (70)
71. You & I - Lady GaGa (86)
72. Make It Stop (September's Children) - Rise Against (76)
73. One More Drinking Song - Jerrod Niemann (74)
74. Collide - Leona Lewis (DEBUT)
75. Country Song - Seether (53)
76. Not Again - Staind (82)
77. Life Of The Party - Charlie Wilson (87)
78. Heart Skips A Beat - Olly Murs f/Rizzle Kicks (88)
79. Champagne Showers - LMFAO f/Natalia Kills (91)
80. Stand - Lenny Kravitz (81)
81. Elle Me Dit - Mika (84)
82. Glad You Came - The Wanted (69)
83. Heaven - Emeli Sande (83)
84. I'm Still Hot - Luciana (DEBUT)
85. Jealousy - Will Young (95)
86. Freak Like Me - Mayra Veronica (92)
87. Whirring - The Joy Formidable (DEBUT)
88. French Can Can (Monsieur Sainte Nitouche) - Inna Modja (90)
89. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson (DEBUT)
90. Heaven - O.A.R. (94)
91. Made In America - Toby Keith (93)
92. Stay Awake - Example (DEBUT)
93. Loca People - Sak Noel (DEBUT)
94. Easy - Rascal Flatts f/Natasha Bedingfield (DEBUT)
95. Country Must Be Countrywide - Brantley Gilbert (99)
96. Feels So Close - Calvin Harris (96)
97. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars (77)
98. You Need Me, I Don't Need You - Ed Sheeran (DEBUT)
99. Got 2 Luv U - Sean Paul f/Alexis Jordan (DEBUT)
100. New Age - Marlon Roudette (DEBUT)

There are ten new songs on my chart (highlighted in yellow), and here they are, along with a little about the artists and some links to their previous hits (highlighted in orange).

The highest debut this week comes from a singer that had one of the biggest hits of 2008. After winning the third season of Britain's X Factor, Leona Lewis was the franchise's hottest commodity after scoring a four-week #1 US hit with "Bleeding Love". She followed that with one more top-20 US hit "Better In Time", while in England she procured one more charttopper with her excellent version of Snow Patrol's "Run". After a less successful sophomore CD that produced one UK #2/US top 40 hit "Happy", Leona is back two years later with a song that gets it's production cribbing the Swedish dance act Avicii's "Fade Into Darkness" that they sued to settlement where they are billed as co-act on the record. Here they are with "Collide"...



Dance singer Luciana (Caporaso) had minor chart success in her native England in the 90's, and at the middle of the last decade had revived her career with the #2 UK hit "Yeah Yeah" with group Bodyrox. She then conquered the US dance clubs, with two #1 dance hits, "I Like That" with Richard Vission, and recording as alter ego Isha Coco with Dave Aude on "Figure It Out". She's now in the dance top-3 with a song that just got released with an alternate version featuring none other than Betty White. Now Yoko Ono seems like a young'un! Here is the original video of "I'm Still Hot"...



The third British act in a row debuting is modern rock group The Joy Formidable. Their first hit single is the top-10 alt-rock "Whirring"...



Kelly Clarkson just dropped off my list supporting Jason Aldean on the former multiformat smash "Don't You Wanna Stay", although she replaces that with her new solo single. The former American Idol winner is now on her fifth CD, which highlights a career with two US #1 singles, the double-side hit "A Moment Like This" / "Before Your Love", and "My Life Would Suck Without You". Her new hit is "Mr. Know It All"...



British rapper/singer Example follows up his biggest single to date "Changed The Way You Kiss Me" with his second UK #1 in "Stay Awake" which sounds just as Information Society-ish (and that's a compliment)...



Spanish DJ Sak Noel is enjoying a pan-European dance smash with his first hit single, "Loca People", which is not only a top-5 global dance hit, but a top-10 single in at least eleven Euro countries with #1 in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands. I'm sure it's only time before it hits the states...



Country group Rascal Flatts were the country group to beat in the last decade, accumulating eleven #1 country hits including my favorites "What Hurts The Most" and "Take Me There". On their third single from their latest CD Nothing Like This, the trio gets help from British vocalist Natasha Bedingfield, who has her first country hit after a career sporting two top-5 US hits in "These Words" and "Pocketful Of Sunshine". Here they are with "Easy"...



I really must be on an Anglophil kick, because here's another British debut, this time the folk-pop singer Ed Sheeran, who was last seen here with the sublime UK top-5 hit "A Team". He's back with another top-5'er which sounds completely stylistically different from that song, and more Jason Mraz-ish "You Need Me, I Don't Need You"....



Dancehall lothario Sean Paul was a powerhouse in the naughties, scoring the #1 hit "Get Busy", and then three top-10 hits from his next CD including his second #1 "Temperature". He also supporting Beyonce on a third #1, "Baby Boy". The Jamaican is back with backup from teen singer Alexis Jordan, who just had two big hits in the US dance chart, "Happiness" and "Good Girl". Their collab isn't yet getting love in the states, though it's a top-10 hit in Germany, France, Holland, and #1 in Switzerland. Here's "Got 2 Luv U"...



The final debut is by (surprise) another Englishman, this time Marlon Roudette, who is one half of the brit-rap duo Mattafix.They had a big hit in 2005 with "Big City Life", which hit #1 in Austria, Germany, New Zealand, and Switzerland (and top-15 in the UK). Marlon is back with a solo record that surprisingly isn't even marketed in England, but rather is a huge hit in the Germanic countries, spending three weeks at the top in Germany alone. Not bad for a English-language hit. Here's "New Age"...



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